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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1995.
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Events
edit- February - Western Flyer releases "Cherokee Highway", a song against interracial violence. While the song does not chart, Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King invites the band to perform at his birthday celebration in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
- June - Ty Herndon is arrested for indecent exposure in Fort Worth, Texas, by an undercover police officer.[2]
- December 31: Great American Country is launched by the Jones Radio Network. With a heavy emphasis on country music videos, the network is the first major rival to CMT.
Top hits of the year
editSingles released by American artists
editSingles released by Canadian artists
edit| US | CAN | Single | Artist | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Any Man of Mine | Shania Twain | |
| — | 20 | Better Off Blue | Rena Gaile | |
| 3 | 3 | Better Things to Do | Terri Clark | |
| — | 7 | Black-Eyed Susan | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 1 | Bringing Back Your Love | One Horse Blue | |
| — | 15 | Broken String of Pearls | Prescott-Brown | |
| — | 6 | Chevy Coupe | Jim Witter | |
| — | 1 | Don't Cry Little Angel | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 15 | Family Love | Farmer's Daughter | |
| — | 1 | First Comes Love | George Fox | |
| — | 10 | The Girl Is on a Roll Tonight | Terry Kelly | |
| — | 4 | Head Over Heels | Blue Rodeo | |
| — | 19 | Hina Na Ho (Celebration) | Susan Aglukark | |
| — | 1 | Hopeless Love | One Horse Blue | |
| — | 1 | (I Do It) For the Money | Charlie Major | |
| — | 8 | I Don't Wanna Be the One | Patricia Conroy | |
| — | 9 | I Really Dug Myself a Hole | The Goods | |
| — | 1 | I'm Here | Charlie Major | |
| — | 1 | Learning a Lot About Love | Jason McCoy | |
| — | 9 | Life Is Just a Dream | Joel Feeney | |
| — | 16 | Light in My Life | The Johner Brothers with Lisa Brokop | |
| — | 20 | Listen to the Radio | Rebecca Miller | |
| — | 18 | Missing You | Calvin Wiggett | |
| — | 1 | O Siem | Susan Aglukark | |
| — | 1 | Only One Moon | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 20 | Radioland | South Mountain | |
| — | 18 | Roy Orbison Came On | Ron Hynes | |
| — | 4 | Safe in the Arms of Love | Michelle Wright | |
| — | 18 | Starting Right Now | The Johner Brothers | |
| — | 18 | This Old Guitar | Jim Matt | |
| — | 1 | This Used to Be Our Town | Jason McCoy | |
| — | 10 | Time of My Life | George Fox | |
| — | 16 | Two Broken Hearted Fools | Rick Tippe | |
| — | 19 | Walkin' That Line | Tineta | |
| — | 4 | The Wall | Michelle Wright | |
| — | 1 | What Else Can I Do | Patricia Conroy | |
| — | 1 | What's Holding Me | George Fox | |
| — | 1 | What Kind of Man | Joel Feeney | |
| 11 | 1 | Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? | Shania Twain | |
| 14 | 1 | The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You) | Shania Twain | |
| — | 5 | You Can't Resist It | Patricia Conroy | |
| — | 14 | You Feel the Same Way Too | The Rankin Family |
Top new album releases
editOther top albums
edit| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | All I Need to Know | Kenny Chesney | BNA | |
| 41 | 27 | Amazing Grace: A Country Salute to Gospel | Various Artists | Sparrow |
| 43 | Any Way the Wind Blows | Brother Phelps | Asylum | |
| 73 | Born That Way | Boy Howdy | Curb | |
| 69 | Country Dance Super Hits | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
| 44 | Daryle Singletary | Daryle Singletary | Giant | |
| 48 | Days Gone By | James House | Epic | |
| 45 | Faith in Me, Faith in You | Doug Stone | Epic | |
| 28 | Fire to Fire | Tanya Tucker | Liberty | |
| 36 | A Gene MacLellan Tribute | John Gracie | Atlantica | |
| 57 | George Ducas | George Ducas | Liberty | |
| 61 | Heart and Soul | Elvis Presley | RCA | |
| 48 | Junior High | Junior Brown | Curb | |
| 72 | Kim Richey | Kim Richey | Mercury/PolyGram | |
| 61 | Labor of Love | Radney Foster | Arista Nashville | |
| 68 | Letter to Laredo | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville | |
| 37 | The Marty Party Hit Pack | Marty Stuart | MCA Nashville | |
| 44 | The Moffatts | The Moffatts | Polydor Nashville | |
| 27 | The Original Volume 79 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena | |
| 72 | Restless | Shelby Lynne | Magnatone | |
| 35 | Sold Out Volume 80 | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena | |
| 54 | Super Hits | Roy Orbison | Columbia | |
| 64 | Super Hits | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia | |
| 26 | Ten More Miles | The Johner Brothers | Warner | |
| 66 | Today's Pure Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
| 63 | Today's Sizzlin' Country | Various Artists | K-Tel | |
| 37 | Under the Big Sky | Hemingway Corner | Epic | |
| 26 | We All Get Lucky Sometimes | Lee Roy Parnell | Career |
Births
edit- July 7 — Taylor Kerr, member of Maddie & Tae.
- August 11 – Priscilla Block, 2020s country singer-songwriter ("Just About Over You").
- September 18 — Maddie Font, member of Maddie & Tae.
Deaths
edit- May 25 – Dick Curless, 63, best known for his hit "A Tombstone Every Mile" (stomach cancer)[3]
- July 25 — Charlie Rich, 62, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", The Most Beautiful Girl") (pulmonary embolism)
- November 10 — Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.
Hall of Fame inductees
editBluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
editCountry Music Hall of Fame inductees
edit- Roger Miller (1936–1992)
- Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
editMajor awards
editGrammy Awards
edit- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Alison Krauss
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Here Comes the Rain", The Mavericks
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
- Best Country Song — "Go Rest High on That Mountain", Vince Gill
- Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
- Best Bluegrass Album — Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Juno Awards
edit- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
Academy of Country Music
edit- Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Song of the Year — "The Keeper of the Stars", Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
- Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No", George Strait
- Album of the Year — The Woman in Me (Shania Twain)
- Top Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
- Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group — The Mavericks
- Top New Male Vocalist — Bryan White
- Top New Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Lonestar
- Video of the Year — "The Car" – Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)
ARIA Awards
edit(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1995)
Canadian Country Music Association
edit- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Michelle Wright
- Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
- Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?", Shania Twain
- Single of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
- Album of the Year — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
- Top Selling Album — The Hits, Garth Brooks
- Video of the Year — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
- Vista Rising Star Award — Farmer's Daughter
- Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik
Country Music Association
edit- Entertainer of the Year — Alan Jackson
- Song of the Year — "Independence Day", Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
- Single of the Year — "When You Say Nothing at All", Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Album of the Year — When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Alison Krauss
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
- Horizon Award — Alison Krauss
- Music Video of the Year — "Baby Likes to Rock It", The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart", Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
- Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor
RPM Big Country Awards
edit- Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Best Country Album — Only One Moon, Prairie Oyster
- Best Country Single — "Such a Lonely One", Prairie Oyster
- Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
- Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
- Outstanding New Artist — Shania Twain
- Top Country Composer(s) — Jim Witter and Johnny Douglas
Further reading
edit- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
References
edit- ^ "Country song dares to tackle racism head-on". Deseret News. February 18, 1995. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Ty Herndon arrested for indecent exposure". Reading Eagle (Pa.). June 16, 1995. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Dick Curless, 63, A Country Singer". The New York Times. 28 May 1995.